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@If Context
GOD | Feb 19 2006
One of the problems I have is coordinating a particular action in one place so that I can complete it in another. For instance, grabbing a book from the office that is ready to be returned to the library as I go out to get coffee on the other side of campus. Another similar example is that I meant to give something to a friend of mine, have had it in my pocket for several days now, but forgot to give it to him when I saw him today -- even though we spent a few hours together, eating and talking. I thought about tackling this with dated tasks, which would certainly help in the situation with my friend, but it wouldn't help in the first example. So I think I'm going to try using @If contexts. An example would be, @If - Going past library, then grab book to take back. Or, @If - You see Mark, give him that thing. Thoughts? 18 Comments
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 I don't know if this...Submitted by pooks on February 19, 2006 - 9:19pm.
I don't know if this will help or not -- but I had those two exact tasks. A book to return to the library, and some word games to give to a friend's little girl. I put them both in my out-basket with huge post-its on them -- "to library" and "for Delaney." Since I knew when I'd be seeing my friend, I also put a piece of paper in that day's tickler file -- "Take games to Cindy for Delaney." Somehow, I managed to handle that one. The library is more difficult because I never drive in that area in my normal routine, so I finally just stuck the book in my car so I'd have it with me. But this is a book that I've had out for (oh gosh, am I going to admit this?) over a year (we max out fines at five bucks so it's not still rolling up fines) and it was having it stare at me from my outbasket that finally made me realize I should (duh) put it in my car. And now that I've admitted that, maybe I should make a special trip to the library tomorrow and turn the darn thing in! As for having something with you and still forgetting about it? I have no answer -- since I do that kind of thing all the time. » POSTED IN:
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